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Creating Economic Growth Dividends for Cities Page 5 H NC METROPOLITAN MAYORS COALITION H FALL 2013 NC Metropolitan Mayors Coalition 3605 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 500 City News Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 www.ncmetromayors.com Carrboro Named Healthy City was forced to subtract its annual fireworks show from the budget. A Published October 2013 Carrboro was named one of Outside Magazine’s “Best Towns” in soldier stationed at Fort Bragg entered the media organizations’ Red, 2013. The magazine sought the best cities to live a healthy life and White and You contest, which received more than 3,500 entries from praised the town’s running trails, numerous local farmers’ markets Americans sharing moving stories of why their towns deserve an all- Fall 2013 Newsletter and Weaver Street Market. American celebration. Charlotte Website Wins Award Raleigh One of Best-Run Cities RALEIGH Dividends for Cities – Online investor newsletter 24/7 Wall St. placed Raleigh seventh on The City of Charlotte Corporate Communications & Marketing Mayor Nancy McFarlane Message from the Chairman Chair And the Entire State its list of the 10 best-run cities in America. The ranking looked at the department earned an International Association of Business Mayor Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Award of Merit for DNCinfo. HUNTERSVILLE We have just completed another busy session of cities’ credit rating, violent crime per 1,000 people and unemployment Mayor Jill Swain Nancy McFarlane rate. CharlotteNC.gov. The website was created to support the City’s “In Vice Chair the General Assembly. Legislators had a lot on their the Loop” public information campaign to keep the local community ROCKY MOUNT plates, and we appreciate that so many took the time Huntersville to Host Conference with Asian Companies informed about City services affected by the 2012 Democratic Mayor David Combs Treasurer to meet with our members and to listen to the needs We will monitor and update the Coalition as we each Huntersville Mayor Jill Swain recently announced that the Town National Convention. of our cities. I also want to extend a special thank of Huntersville, in partnership with SoZo Group, the Asian DURHAM continue to work with our city staffs to understand Burlington Fire Department Honored Mayor William V. “Bill” Bell you to all our mayors, their staffs and other local the full impacts of tax reform and this session’s Manufacturers Association (AMA), the Lake Norman Regional Past Chair The Burlington Fire Department received the N.C. Department of leaders who came to Raleigh to meet with legislators. legislation on our cities. Economic Development Corporation and the Charlotte Chamber of APEX Your hard work paid off in legislative successes and Commerce, will host a technology and innovation summit with Asian Labor Gold Safety Award for the second consecutive year. Mayor Keith Weatherly Another focus area for our Coalition this helped to build understanding and support. session was supporting the expansion of the manufacturers and businesses February 19-21, 2014. Gastonia Recognized for Excellence ASHEVILLE Mayor Terry Bellamy In spite of all the talk about rural issues and data-driven prioritization process to determine The City of Gastonia was recognized by the Centralina Council Thousands Celebrate Opening of Kannapolis Veterans Memorial BOONE urban issues, we realize that we are all one North transportation project funding. House Bill 817 Over 2,500 people attended the Memorial Day dedication of the of Governments with a Region of Excellence Award at its recent Mayor Loretta Clawson Carolina, working hard to grow our economy and represented a major change in how the State spends Veterans Park Memorial in downtown Kannapolis. Community Board meeting. Gastonia was presented the award for “Growing BURLINGTON improve the quality of life for all of our citizens. transportation dollars in North Carolina. It was one Mayor Ronnie Wall partners, the City of Kannapolis, The Cannon Foundation, Castle & the Economy” based on the outstanding growth in the Gastonia Cities are at the heart of our state’s future, and we of the Governor’s key initiatives of the session and Technology Park. Gastonia also proudly supported the Town CARRBORO continued to work this session to promote forward- Cooke and First Baptist Church joined Governor McCrory and other Mayor Mark Chilton bill sponsors Representatives B. Brawley, Torbett, of Cramerton for receiving the award for “Controlling Costs of thinking policies to strengthen that future. elected officials from across the state to recognize the more than 1,700 CARY Shepard and Iler and Senators Rabon and Harrington Cabarrus and Rowan County veterans who have died in service. Government” for its efforts to reduce costs by consolidating with the Mayor Harold Weinbrecht As we embarked on this session, a major concern did a masterful job of moving it through the body. Gastonia and forming Two Rivers Utilities. was protecting and expanding local revenue sources. Hickory Celebrates Playground Dedication CHAPEL HILL The legislation gives local governments and officials Cary Home to Public-Private Solar Farm Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt While the General Assembly spent significant time a voice in more Department of Transportation After 15 months of preparation and planning, the Zahra Baker CHARLOTTE debating tax reform, our members’ advocacy paid Cary has commissioned a 7-acre solar energy system at the South decisions, something that is critical to strengthening All Children’s Playground was officially dedicated on May 19, Mayor Patsy Kinsey dividends. The final legislation is estimated by the Cary Water Reclamation Facility that will provide enough energy planning and coordination. 2012. The playground includes accommodations for special needs CONCORD State to leave our cities whole if not slightly better. Continued on Page 2 and handicapped children, including a 50-foot slide, a play web of to power nearly 200 homes annually. The project is a partnership Mayor J. Scott Padgett interactive features, a sand area, climbers, swings, aero glider and between the Town and FLS Energy of Asheville. FAYETTEVILLE Accolades Mayor Anthony Chavonne poured-in-place safety surfacing. The project was spearheaded by the Chapel Hill Launches Hybrid Buses as part of the second annual “Great Places in North Carolina” initiative sponsored GASTONIA Creating Economic Growth Kiwanis Clubs of Hickory and memorializes a young Hickory girl. Mayor John Bridgeman Message from Chapel Hill Transit, the second-largest transit system in North • The Raleigh-Cary area tied for second in a Gallup poll asking residents if by the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-NC). NC Department of Commerce Greensboro Focuses on Youth Initiatives Carolina, recently welcomed the arrival of 15 new low-emission, they “felt comfortable walking alone in their community at night.” The poll was GOLDSBORO Greetings from the North Carolina Department of • Burlington’s Police and Recreation & Parks Departments received the N.C. Mayor Al King Commerce. My service thus far to our great state has This summer, the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department diesel electric hybrid buses. Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and U.S. Rep. conducted among the 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the nation. Secretary Department of Labor Silver Award for Safety. GREENSBORO been more rewarding than I could have imagined. It is an teamed up with the Greensboro Police Department, Public Library, David Price joined local leaders for the ribbon cutting ceremony. Mayor Robbie Perkins Sharon Decker • Groundbreaking for a new 100,000-square-foot municipal center in downtown honor to be featured in your newsletter, and I would like City Arts and local community agencies to sponsor “Summer Night • The Town of Cary earned second place in the North Carolina American Water Greenville’s Uptown Grows Kannapolis is scheduled for February 2014. GREENVILLE to take this time to discuss Governor McCrory’s and my Lights” (SNL) for more than 5,000 teens. The goal of the program Works Association’s Best Tasting Water competition, which grades the water Mayor Allen Thomas A growing, prosperous Greenville is taking shape in the form of three, vision for North Carolina’s economic future, and brief I look across North Carolina’s communities was to provide more than 60 free, structured events and activities in • The City of Greensboro has launched a competition that will award $1 million quality of North Carolina municipal water suppliers. HICKORY multi-million dollar development projects in the Uptown District. A Mayor Rudy Wright you on the exciting progress we’re making at Commerce. and see unlimited opportunity. The Department of safe environments throughout the community to help deter juvenile for a proposal to spur economic growth in Greensboro. The economic catalyst new, $4.5 million Federal bankruptcy courthouse is being built only • The Durham Emergency Communications Center is now one of the few next HIGH POINT The more than three million citizens who dwell Commerce is focused on a forward-thinking vision for crime during the summer months. challenge is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Mayor Bernita Sims blocks away from a $42 million multi-use complex featuring luxury generation 9-1-1 systems in the country, laying the groundwork to enable it to in North Carolina’s metro regions are there because of economic prosperity. We want to be remembered as New Facility to Boost Environmental Education in Jacksonville apartment suites, restaurants and shops. The City is also building a $4 Administration’s Strong Cities Strong Communities (SC2) grant that the City JACKSONVILLE opportunity -- the opportunity to live in an area that’s accept text, images and video once mobile carriers make this an available option to Mayor Sammy Phillips an administration that not only grew the net number of After 15 years of successful environmental education and youth million parking deck to help support area businesses. received in 2012. safe, prosperous, educated, and growing. It’s because their customers.
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